Illicit Aircraft

Import restrictions on gold led to a rise in its smuggling and the various ways adopted to illicitly bring in the precious metal in the country include concealment in passenger's body, aircraft, baggage and smuggling at land borders and coastal areas, Parliament was informed today.

A Venezuelan fighter jet crashed on the border with Colombia during an operation to intercept an "illicit aircraft," killing its two pilots, the government said on Friday.

Turkey defended its decision to force a Syrian passenger plane to land, saying on Thursday that the aircraft was carrying illicit cargo from Russia that Turkish media said included military communications gear and missile parts.

Import restrictions on gold led to a rise in its smuggling and the various ways adopted to illicitly bring in the precious metal in the country include concealment in passenger's body, aircraft, baggage and smuggling at land borders and coastal areas, Parliament was informed today.

A Venezuelan fighter jet crashed on the border with Colombia during an operation to intercept an "illicit aircraft," killing its two pilots, the government said on Friday.

Turkey defended its decision to force a Syrian passenger plane to land, saying on Thursday that the aircraft was carrying illicit cargo from Russia that Turkish media said included military communications gear and missile parts.